YCHARTS DIVIDEND DAILY: Microsoft and Intel, Underappreciated, Offer Good Yield and Rock-Solid Financials

by YCharts Staff February 10, 2012

Microsoft Corporation Dividend Chart by YCharts

Pity the Wintel Brothers, Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC), trading like two unloved electric utilities these past ten years. Microsoft shares are flat over the decade; Intel’s down 20%. That’s despite a 259% increase in net income at Intel; a 142% rise at Microsoft. The PEs are hum-drum, about 11 times trailing earnings each. A run-up in Microsoft and Intel shares over the last 90 days – 16% and 11%, respectively – trimmed the dividend yields, but the payouts are solid and rising: Microsoft yields 2.6%; Intel 3.1%. That’s something to appreciate.